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While many find it easy to associate the man with 60 seconds of audio 7 years ago, truth is, he’s not jaded; in fact, he’s more vibrant than ever.

Does he hold strong opinions on surf matters? Yes. Does he ram them down the throats of every active scroller? No. In fact Bobby doesn’t care for connecting on social media at all.

According to Bobby, “The best things in life are private, so why share that with the a bunch of people you don’t know?”

"I'm not married or anything but it was honestly inspiring to see how much he loved his family," said filmmaker, Dan Scott. "He has two kids so that was a big part of his routine every morning and day to day if he wasn't surfing."

For the two weeks we shot with Bobby at Tugun, on the Gold Coast, Bobby was up at 4:45am every single day. He’s eating well, still training, still psyched on chasing waves.

It was obvious that he takes delight trading the densely-populated hills of Santa Barbara for Queensland’s laid back sandy points.

Bobby’s an intelligent man, holds his friends dear and his family dearer, and despite anything he may have said in the past, still respects and appreciates the various shades of surf.

“When I look at my life and surfing, I wouldn’t change anything," Bobby told Stab during one of our last passes. “I’ve travelled the world, I’ve met a lot of great people, I met my wife, and we have a daughter together, we have a family.”

Dive in above to ride shotgun with Bobby in the short film by Dan Scott for Stab and Monster Energy, a fine chance to refresh your acquaintance with one of surfing’s most unforgettable personalities.

Time and time again Bobby makes a rock solid case for running the four fin setup with his signature spring-loaded backhand strike.

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Surfing ain’t long-hairs and doobie-suckers no more. Surfing is suited-and-booted stockbrokers.
It’s university students who’ve smelt the roses and don’t swallow the evening
news. It’s just-18-year-olds whose trunks end above the knee. Surfing is beavertails and
logs and empowered women who ain’t adverse to a Brazilian cut, but it’s also 540s and
double oops. Right now, surfing is goddamn hot and, most of all, inspired.

And Stab is inspired by it. In short, what’s this whole show about?

Big ideas and the endeavour to execute ‘em. Sometimes they don’t come off, but it’s better
than wondering. Stab may be put together by a bunch of narcissistic and morally corrupt
humans, but goddamn it, if we ain’t the most obsessive collective you ever did see…
…while you were sleeping, our eyes stayed open.